ZIP Code 75766

Jacksonville is a city in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,997 at the 2020 U.S. census. Area production and shipping of tomatoes gained the town the title "Tomato Capital of the World" The impressive red iron ore rock Tomato Bowl, built by Works Progress Administration workers during the Great Depression, is home to the Jacksonville High School "Fightin' Indians" football and soccer teams. Lake Jacksonville is three miles (5 km) southwest of Jacksonville. It is the city's primary water source. Jacksonville was one a few Texas locations to have its all time low occur during the 2021 Texas power crisis cold snap in February 2021. The city of Jacksonville is served by the Independent School District. The Jacksonville Public Library is planned to open in April 2021. Until the opening of the new location, Jacksonville residents have been allowed to visit the Public Library with card fines waived. The library was a member of the Texas Library Association, the Northeast Texas Library System, and the Forest Trails Library Consortium. It was sold to Chick-fil-A in September 2020, where it sat on a restaurant location where it promptly began on a new location in the Norman Activities Center in the town of Norman. It has served the City of Jacksonville and Cherokee County for over 70 years; it is the only high school district in the district. Jacksonville is the principal city of the Jacksonville micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Cherokee County and part of the larger TylerJacksonville combined statistical area.

History

Despite never having organized unions in any Walmart stores before, meatcutters working at the Jacksonville Walmart voted in favor of organizing under the wing of the United Food and Commercial Workers union in February 2000. Walmart discontinued store-level meatcutting and started shipping in pre-packaged/pre-frozen meat to their stores. Even now, there is no one in the Jacksonville meat department to make special cuts of meat or any union presence there. The town of Jacksonville began in 1847 as the town of Gum Creek. The name of the post office was changed from Gum Creek to Jacksonville in June 1850. The city's name was chosen in honor of Dr. William Jackson and Jackson Smith, two men who built homes and blacksmith shops in the area in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It is now the home of the University of Florida's Jacksonville Jaguars football team. The team is coached by former U.S. Army Sgt. John C. “Jack’s”.

Geography

Jacksonville is located a 31°5749N 95°1607W. It has a total area of 14.1 square miles (37 km²), of which 14.2 square miles is land and 0.07% is water. Lake Jacksonville is the city's primary water source. It was created in 1957 and the city expected it to take years to fill with water from the surrounding creeks. But, with an unusually rainy season, the lake reached full capacity in a year. Jacksonville was one a few Texas locations to have its all time low occur during the 2021 Texas power crisis cold snap in February 2021. It is a popular location for recreation and residences. The city is located on the Texas Panhandle and has a population of 2,816. It also has a small airport on the Texas Panorama City County, which is the state's second largest airport. The airport has a capacity of 1,320 acres (1,320 km²) and a maximum depth of 62 feet (20 meters) The city's population is 2,081 (1.2 million) and it has a climate of chilly dry dry. The average temperature in Jacksonville is 50 degrees F (7.7 degrees C) and the average daily rainfall is 1.7 inches (4.4 inches) The average annual rainfall is 0.8 inches (2.2 inches) and 1.3 inches (3.5 inches).

Demographics

As of the 2020 U.S. census, there were 13,997 people, 5,027 households, and 3,670 families residing in the city. The city's population is expected to rise to 13,000 by the end of the decade. The population of the city is projected to reach 14,000 in the 2030s. The U.N. World Health Organization estimates the city will have a population of 13,500 by the year 2050. The United States Census Bureau estimates the population will reach 13,900 by that time. The number of residents will increase to 15,000 as the population grows. The City's population will grow to 14,500 in the 2050s, according to the United States Census Bureau of Citizenship and Statistics  estimates. It is expected that the number of people will reach 15,100 by that year, and 15,200 by 2075. It has a population density of 5,000 people per square mile (3,670 per square kilometer) and a population growth rate of 0.7 per cent. The town's population has a history of being heavily affected by the Great Depression. It was the first city in the state to vote for the Democratic presidential candidate in 1988, and the first one to do so in 1996. It had a population boom in the 1990s and 2000s, when it had a high-school graduation rate of 20 per cent, and a high school enrollment rate of 25 per cent in the 2000s.

Government

Jacksonville is part of the Fifth Congressional District, represented by Republican Lance Gooden. The two U.S. Senators from Texas are Republicans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. The city's various funds had $14.9 million in Revenues, $15.7 million in expenditures, and $4.4 million fund balance. Jacksonville is represented in the Texas Senate by Republican Robert Nichols, District 3, and in theTexas House of Representatives by Republican Travis Clardy, District 11. The City of Jacksonville is located in the central part of Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley region of the state. Jacksonville has a population of about 3,000. The majority of the city's residents are African-American, with a minority of white residents. Jacksonville's population is about 2,000, with the majority of its white residents being Hispanic or African- American. It is the only city in the state of Texas with a majority of Hispanic or Hispanic residents. It also has the highest percentage of African-Americans in the city, compared to the national average of 2.7%. The city has a high percentage of Hispanic residents, compared with the state average of 1.9%. It has the lowest percentage of white Hispanics in the county, and one of the lowest percentages of white Latinos. It has a higher percentage of black residents than any other city in Texas, and the lowest rate of white Hispanic residents in the nation. The average age of a Jacksonville resident is 44.5 years old.

Recreation

The Jacksonville Public Library served the City of Jacksonville and Cherokee County for over 70 years. The Library was a member of the Texas Library Association, the Northeast Texas Library System and the Forest Trails Library Consortium. In September 2020, the lot it sat on was sold to Chick-fil-A, where construction promptly began on a restaurant location. The new Jacksonville Public library is planned to open in April 2021, in the Norman Activities Center. Until the opening of the new location, Jacksonville residents have been allowed to visit the Rusk Public Library with library card fines waived.

Education

The city of Jacksonville is served by the Jacksonville Independent School District. Jacksonville High School, the district's only high school, has "Fightin' Indians"/"Maidens" as mascots for its team sports. Jacksonville College and the Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary, both of which are owned by the Baptistmissionary Association of America, are located in Jacksonville. Lon Morris College, a United Methodist Church operated private junior college, was Located in Jacksonville until ceasing operations in 2012. The city is home to the University of Jacksonville, which is a member of the National Christian College and University System of America. The University of Florida also has a satellite campus in Jacksonville, where it offers a number of degree programs. The university's mascot is the "Jaguar" and the school's colors are blue and white. The school's football team is known as the "Fighting Indians" or "Fighting Maidens" because of the team's mascot's mascot, "The Fighting Maidens", which is based on a Native American animal. The football team has a mascot of the same name: "The Fightin' Indian/Maiden" and its colors are red, white, and blue. The high school has the name "Jacksonville High School" in honor of the city's founder, William J. "Bill" Jenson, who was born and raised in Jacksonville and died in the city. The town is also home to Jacksonville University, a private liberal arts college, which was founded in 1903.

Transportation

Cherokee County Airport is the sole airport within Jacksonville, but solely serves general aviation. Commercial aviation can be accessed by traveling north to Tyler Pounds Regional Airport with an American Eagle flight to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) or simply driving 132 miles directly to either DFW or Dallas Love Field via U.S. Route 175. There are no Interstate highways pass through the city limits. There were 3 railroads once served the Jacksonville area (Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt abandoned their tracks in the mid-1980s), only one, Union Pacific, remains. The city is home to the University of Texas at Jacksonville, which was founded in 1883. The university is located on the edge of the city and has a campus of the College of Arts and Sciences. It is also the home of the Jacksonville Museum of Art, which dates back to the 18th century. The museum is located in the city's historic downtown area, and was the site of the first African-American settlement in the 19th Century. It was also the birthplace of the American Civil War, which began in 1881. The town is also home to a museum of American history, the National Museum of American History, and the Museum of Fine Arts, both of which were founded in the early 1900s. There is also a National Transportation Museum, which opened in the late 1800s. The National Park Service is based in Jacksonville, and operates a museum in the town's downtown area. It also has a National Weather Service office, which is based there.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas = 87. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 101. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 51. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Jacksonville = 5.6 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 202,591 individuals with a median age of 31.9 age the population grows by 3.50% in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,043.97 residents per square mile of area (403.09/km²). There are average 2.75 people per household in the 4,979 households with an average household income of $30,835 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 9.40% of the available work force and has dropped -0.52% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 29.56%. The number of physicians in Jacksonville per 100,000 population = 131.1.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Jacksonville = 45 inches and the annual snowfall = 0.9 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 75. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 213. 94 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 36.5 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 22, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas which are owned by the occupant = 51.77%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 38 years with median home cost = $84,350 and home appreciation of -8.52%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $11.38 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $4,107 per student. There are 14.6 students for each teacher in the school, 584 students for each Librarian and 385 students for each Counselor. 3.36% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 9.96% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 5.69% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).